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Max Wirth, Northern Branch.

Max Wirth, left, on Red Gill

The Society has been informed of the death of Northern Branch member Max Wirth. Roy Starkey passed on the information with these comments; "A note to let you know that after being in hospital since mid-March Max died peacefully in his sleep at the Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal at around 9pm yesterday evening [22nd April]. In accordance with his wishes there will be no funeral service, but it is possible that his daughter Rozanne may organise a small ceremony to scatter his ashes at some point in the future. I had visited Max twice in the past few weeks and he was very calm and at peace with the world. I shall miss him greatly but we can all remember the many good times, his extraordinary abilities to 'do stuff' with the most primitive equipment and materials, and his razor sharp sense of humour."

Max was a very active member of the Society and was Treasurer in the early years. His love was the Caldbeck Fells and he collected all over the area. The picture shows Max, on the left in yellow enjoying lunch with Bev Yates at Red Gill mine in August 1987. He was later to identify and report native silver from here (J. Russ. Soc. 2(2), 49 (1989). Photograph by Frank Ince

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Society AGM 2008 Report and Pictures.

AGM 2008 Logo

The Russell Society National AGM 2008 hosted by the Southern Branch at the University of Bath was a complete success and thoroughly enjoyed by all the members attending. Even the weather was kind to us on the Friday and Sunday field trips.

The weekend was themed around the mineralogy of the Bristol area with a booklet on the mines and minerals of the area being given to all delegates. Bristol City Museum and Art gallery hosted a visit by delegates on the Friday and staged a display of local minerals at the symposium.

A report on the weekend has been compiled, including over forty photographs and can be accessed by clicking on the AGM logo left or on this link.

Grateful thanks go to the following people who helped make the weekend such a success. The Southern Branch Committee who organised and managed the whole event:

Bristol book

Would like to thank our speakers and exhibitors:

Other Southern Branch members who contributed:

Other people who helped make the weekend great:


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Society Photographic Competition 2008 - Winners.

Photo Competition entry

The Russell Society held a Photographic Competition for 2008 that was open to all Society members. There were three categories and members were able to submit maximum of six prints. The categories were: